There was an uproar in the big tent of the Chinese army in the training ground, almost everyone was frightened by the huge number of people, and did not pay attention to the gaffe of their lord, only Honda Masanobu frowned, and secretly glanced at Hosokawa Nobumoto with a sideways look.

"Hattori-sama, is the news accurate? The Imagawa family's territory is no more than 700,000 high, how can they mobilize so many peasant soldiers? Could it be that he mobilized to the limit and did not send troops to stay behind? After careful analysis, Masaharu Mikoda asked. Since his debut, seeing that people in the same period have been promoted one by one, the disappeared Hattori Hanzo has not explained, so it shouldn't be too bad. And the first battle of his debut ended in failure, and he also put the lord under the dangerous wall, and now he is holding his breath and preparing to make meritorious contributions.

"Uh~~ This is the number of people who have been publicized from the Imagawa family, and it's really hard to find out if it's specific." Hattori replied truthfully, he couldn't count the specific number of points one by one.

"Yousan Lang, Da Ming Youyun: probe the number of people, bury the pot and make rice. Even if the Imagawa Army has not yet set out, you can go to the mobilized villages and count the number of mobilized people in each village. Count more similar data, and then convert it into how many people have been mobilized per 100 stones, and finally extrapolate the total number of people at a glance, and it is not bad. Hosokawa Nobumoto also calmed down now, instructing them on how to accurately detect the enemy's situation. You must know that in this era, the concept of intelligence is extremely poor, and basically it is to listen to the other party say that there are as many people as there are, and there is no effective means of exploration.

"Yes, Your Majesty will set off to Tokaido in person to fully investigate the armament situation of the Imagawa family." Hattori is also a master of exploration, and as soon as Hosokawa Nobumoto mentions it, he immediately understands it.

"Attention! Be sure to pay attention to Yoshimoto Imagawa's movements! Hosokawa Nobumoto solemnly instructed.

"Yes! The minister will personally monitor the every move of Imagawa Jibu. Hattori then took the order and went out.

"Pass the order! The cavalry began to rest, inspect the ordnance, and be on standby. In the past few days, we have focused on instilling the "Hosokawa Military Law", and we must ensure that the military orders are like a mountain in wartime. A general staff department was formed to be responsible for the deduction of this campaign, with Yahachiro as the chief of staff during the war, followed by Hanzaemon. The Quartermaster Department was established to be responsible for the procurement and transportation of strategic materials, with Matashiro serving as the quartermaster, followed by the Qing Guard. The rest of the personnel performed their duties and were ready for battle. Hosokawa Nobumoto assigned tasks one by one, and the people named came out one after another to receive orders.

Hosokawa Nobumoto also walked out of the big tent and went to the Kiyoshu castle tower to report this important news to Oda Nobunaga. In the evening of the same day, Oda Nobunaga sent Takigawa Kazuki to Suruga to verify the information, and instructed the Black Mother to go to various places to gather all the retainers, notify them to hold an assessment the next day, and strictly ordered Mikawa to lead the troops of Sakuma Morishige to strictly guard against it.

The next morning, the assessment was held on time, and in addition to the garrison of Mikawa, several lords and important ministers of the Oda family had already arrived, and even Oda Nobunaga sat on the main seat, but the meeting was not held for a long time.

The retainers of the Oda family looked at each other, not knowing what was happening, and they didn't dare to ask, so they had to stare at each other and play dumb riddles. Hosokawa Nobugen knew that Oda Nobunaga was waiting for Takigawa Kazuki, looked at the sun high above, shook his head and thought to himself [This is really inefficient, Hattori Security Chief has already found out in the early hours of this morning. ]

Just when Oda Nobunaga was already waiting impatiently, Takigawa Kazuki came in dejected and knelt in front of Oda Nobunaga, and all the retainers also had surprised expressions to guess what was going on.

"My lord, your subordinates have already found out, and the Imagawa Shobu issued a mobilization order the day before yesterday, and today he played the banner of Kamirako and led the camp from Suruga." Kazuki Takikawa bowed his head and reported.

"I know all of this, to the point. What is the exact number of troops? Who is the leader of the ancestors? Oda Nobunaga asked, waving his hand.

"Yes, the confirmed ancestors are Ii Naomori and Matsudaira Motoyasu, as for the number of troops~~ It is claimed to be 45,000 people." Takigawa Kazuki trembled and reported a staggering amount.

[Yes, another hearsay, the information I came back from the investigation for most of the day is all, and I have been sitting for so long, and I am tired to death. Hosokawa Nobumoto now truly feels the importance of accurate information.

"Whew! What the! Forty-five thousand! Sure enough, the scene suddenly became noisy like a frying pan.

"Quiet!" Oda Nobunaga took out the sword held by the little surname next to him and poked it on the floor, and the scene suddenly fell silent.

"My lord, according to the mobilization ability of the Imagawa family, my subordinates think that this is the Imagawa family's bluff." The steady Niwa Nagahide said at the right time.

"My lord, Your Majesty has found out that the actual number of the Imagawa family's army this time is about 20,000 people." Hosokawa Nobumoto also spoke in time to report the number of people he was exploring.

"Twenty thousand~~ people." Oda Nobunaga groaned.

"My lord! Immediately issue a mobilization order, it will take two or three days for the Imagawa Obu to enter Owari, and His Majesty is willing to be the first to act! Katsuya Shibata made his own suggestion.

"But there are more than 20,000 people in the Imagawa family, and no matter how much the family is mobilized, it is only 4,000, and the subordinates still think that it is the best policy to defend the cage city." Niwa Nagahide, however, disagreed.

"But even if it's a cage city, it can only be saved for a while, if the other party uses Hosokawa-sama's siege strategy, wouldn't we be cocooning ourselves? It's better to negotiate peace with the Imagawa family for the time being, isn't he under the banner of Shangluo? Let them go, and then think about it in the long run. Lin Xiuzhen also expressed her opinion.

"What! Peace? What are you talking about! As the head of the family, you don't want to serve your lord loyally, but think about begging and vainly trying to save your life! You're betraying the Oda family! You are betrayal! Shibata Katsuya was about to refute it when he heard Cage Cheng's suggestion, but now he suddenly heard such a disgusting suggestion, and he suddenly jumped like thunder, pointed at Lin Xiuzhen's nose and scolded, and there was no need for honorifics.

"I~~ I'm just doing an expedient thing for the sake of the Oda family, only by keeping the Oda family, will there be hope for the future!" Lin Xiuzhen also retorted with a flushed face.

"Sophistry! Pure quibble! You're a coward! Do you still have the consciousness to be a samurai? Shibata Katsuya shouted angrily with his eyes wide open, stood up, and stroked the sword on his waist, "For the sake of the future of the Oda family, if someone has two hearts, don't blame me for having to clear up!" Reason! Door! Household! Finish! ”